Still, Silverman allowed Louie an adjournment to apply for a constitutional challenge on mandatory minimums for sentencing in his case. He also allowed Louie, who has no lawyer and goes by the name ’Senk’lip,' to be assisted by a friend for a hearing today.

That didn’t go so well.

Silverman's Penticton courtroom was connected by phone to prosecutor Clarke Burnett, Louie and Louie’s friend who identified herself as Irene Kiapilanoq of the "Sovereign Squamish Government.”

She did the same thing as Louie: refused to follow Silverman's instructions and constantly spoke over him until the judge was forced to end the four-way phone conversation.

The conference call reconvened a short time later without Kiapilanoq, and Louie again repeatedly interrupted proceedings, accused the judge of disrespecting him and repeated arguments already ruled irrelevant by the judge in previous proceedings.

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